Collocations for lie - noun
ADJ.
big, monstrous, (whopping) great
He told a whopping great lie!
He told a whopping great lie!
little | complete, downright, outright
That''s a downright lie!
That''s a downright lie!
white
A little white lie is surely excusable.
A little white lie is surely excusable.
deliberate | barefaced, blatant, obvious, transparent | elaborate
a web of elaborate lies
a web of elaborate lies
VERB + LIE
tell (sb) | believe, swallow
How could she swallowsuch a blatant lie?
How could she swallowsuch a blatant lie?
live
He lived alie for thirty years, pretending tobe the faithful husband of twodifferent women living in twodifferent towns.
He lived alie for thirty years, pretending tobe the faithful husband of twodifferent women living in twodifferent towns.
LIE + NOUN
detector
PHRASES
a pack/tissue/web of lies